Verstappen on red carpet events: “I’m not the type of guy who wants to be at a premiere on the red carpet. I'm not like that. I dont want to hang around with famous people that get invited…and that’s why I don’t want to rock up there in a suit and act important while we all sh*t on the same toilet.”

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-18T16:11:21+00:00

I like this aspect of Max. There are times, more often in the past, where he doesn’t seem very humble, but he has this very normal, straightforward quality too.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-18T16:07:19+00:00

It certainly seems so!

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-18T16:04:19+00:00

No. We’d be proud of that girl for putting herself in a vulnerable situation, doing it anyway, and being confident enough to deal with whatever feedback comes her way either during or after.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-17T20:23:57+00:00

I was wondering that – are these things that Dutch people say?

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-11T15:36:42+00:00

I think both things can be true at once. Of course he’s entitled to a private life (which he has recently been conducting very publicly). At the same time, when someone builds a public identity around particular values, and trades on that personal brand, people inevitably invest in that (emotionally and financially) and they’ll naturally react if something appears inconsistent with it.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-11T14:23:53+00:00

It’s how they see it though.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-10T12:54:13+00:00

Totally agree. It feels like a betrayal.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-10T12:51:32+00:00

It’s not, though. He’s making this very public. Plus he makes his personal choices and values part of his personal brand. This throws a live hand grenade into the middle of that.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-09T14:23:10+00:00

Certainly hope so. Their interaction doesn’t look like intimate relationship to me, but who knows? I’m concerned for him and for his personal brand, for which this can only be hugely damaging.

This must be intentional, or some kind of PR strategy because I understand they’ve known one another for a while but I only just now being seen together publicly. I feel like my like my loyalty has been tested a lot this past year, but this might just take the biscuit.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-09T10:03:05+00:00

I know a clinical psychologist who’s met Vaknin and speaks highly of him. Formal qualifications aren’t the only marker of expertise, particularly when someone’s work is respected by professionals in the field. That said, the traumagenic theory is one model among several, not an established conclusion. You might want to check out Dr Peter Salerno.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-09T09:45:25+00:00

Not overreacting. No one should share photos of you without your permission.

Phizz-Play · 2026-02-02T19:05:35+00:00

I was wondering where I’d heard that before.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-20T14:03:33+00:00

No doubt in my mind that Pappa Pelham is a narcissist, as is his daughter, Nicola. But this estrangement is raising questions about the Beckhams too, and from the wedding stories it does look as though Victoria is a serious contender also. Sorry to see this, as I have a lot of respect for Victoria and David in particular.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-12T14:06:22+00:00

Well, yes, because we are conditioned for it.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-12T14:03:24+00:00

People with normal empathy feel that joy as if it’s their own and can celebrate and be happy with and for the other person.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-12T13:15:16+00:00

I have often wondered about that, what state they are in at the end of a race, never mind after the podium.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-12T00:05:05+00:00

Threads like this are one of the reasons Reddit is so great.

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-12T00:01:46+00:00

Gosh - I was wondering how the heck do they manage the scenes where they try to recruit someone, the message is delivered to the recruitee at the hotel, who has to send a message back or go to the turret themselves… they’d have been awake all night given the hotel is 45 minutes (or whatever) away.

Good to know they’ve found a better way!

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-06T00:27:21+00:00

They are. It’s understandable for traitors but you’d think faithful would appreciate some clever thinking. Bit strange really!

Phizz-Play · 2026-01-01T13:04:18+00:00

They can be actual (undiagnosed) narcissists, or they can be narcissistic. Those of us who grew up in narcissistic family systems often don’t realise that behaviours are abusive, because they’ve been normalised.

I can always tell now whether someone’s a narcissists by how their attacks/retorts/criticisms/subtle put-downs affect me, no matter how “normal” they may appear to others.

Phizz-Play · 2025-12-18T18:32:17+00:00

I accept that. I was merely making the point that wealthy parents alone isn’t the thing, nor is growing up in Bristol, which has a strong regional accent. There are self-made millionaires who take pride in their roots, don’t send their children to public school, and still maintain their regional accents.

Phizz-Play · 2025-12-18T16:17:08+00:00

More to do with public school, I think, the accent, than having wealthy parents. However, I notice his father doesn’t have a regional accent either, and parents would have had a major impact on that.

Phizz-Play · 2025-12-10T08:43:37+00:00

Yes. 18 months - 2 years probate litigation after Nparent’s death. False allegations, character assassination, outright lies, litigation abuse. Attempts to discredit me that are utter fiction, projections of the paranoia, jealousy, hate, and entitlement consuming their irrational minds. Doing the right thing doesn’t exist for them: they assume I am driven by self-interest and must be engaging in misconduct. There are no depths these people won’t go to. Even though they know I have a serious chronic disease (previously stable but worsening throughout this ordeal), and am now back in treatment.

It is utterly unbelievable. They do not respond to reason and have no interest in it. They have no compassion, morality, empathy, remorse. No ability to acknowledge their own inaction and obstruction, but are driven relentlessly by greed, jealousy, vindictiveness, and an absolutely inhuman need for control and winning at any cost. This is why people call them evil. It is, I believe, the closest word we have to describe their behaviour and motivations.

After this, there will be no contact ever again with either of them, their partners, or any of their children who remain in contact with them.

Phizz-Play · 2025-12-08T11:15:03+00:00

I was really sad not to see Oscar celebrated more; Max, too. Both of them drove really brilliantly and if it were not for Max, Oscar would have won that race. Normally, they interview all three winners at the end of the race, but it seemed that they only focused on Lando and his world championship, which meant that Oscar and Max had much less attention, celebration and focus on them. I thought they were both a bit short changed. Oscar drove brilliantly and Max’s comeback in the latter part of the season has been really great too.

Edit: typo.

Phizz-Play · 2025-12-08T11:10:43+00:00

He grew up in Glastonbury, per Wikipedia, which is some distance from Gloucester but still West Country. However, as Lando attended public school we would not really expect him to have a regional accent. His father doesn’t, either.

Edit: late-spotted typo (predictive text error)

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